Still no new license -- but draft text available

[Florian Weimer]

"Rainer Deyke" <root at rainerdeyke.com> writes:

> I write shareware games.  I distribute my games for free through the
> internet, and charge for the password which unlocks the full game.  If I
> distributed the source code for my games for free under the GPL, there would
> be no incentive for anyone to register since anybody could just remove the
> password check and release the result.  This is clearly not an option I'm
> willing to take.  I guess you could dismiss me as uncooperative.

You could release the game engine under a free software license, and
ask users to pay a fee for the game artwork.  Sometimes, this a fair
arrangement and gets you the best from both worlds.